With 3.02 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.88 million shares. The 52-week range on HLF shows that it touched its highest point at $12.79 and its lowest point at $5.04 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $8.88. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.04.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of HLF was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.87%, but this was up by 63.96% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 13.72% while six-month performance rose 8.04%. The stock gained 5.09% in the past year, while it has gained 32.59% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HLF yields 2.50 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.42. For the next quarter, that number is 0.40. This implies an EPS growth rate of -0.31% for this year and 24.05% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 20.22% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 2.65%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 101.20 million HLF shares are outstanding with a float of 98.45 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for HLF since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.80827 being high and $1.76818 being low. For HLF, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.78889. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.62 and the low estimate is $0.57. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.6.
